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Sarasin Love mass wedding event invites all to mark Valentine’s Day
Sarasin Love mass wedding event invites all to mark Valentine’s Day
PHUKET: People from all walks of life are invited to be married or receive an “Afficrmation of Love” certificate at the “Love Story @ Sarasin” being held at the Sarasin Bridge on Valentine’s Day, this coming Thursday (Feb 14).
All safe from Tesco Lotus ceiling collapse
All safe from Tesco Lotus ceiling collapse
PHUKET: No injuries were reported following the collapse of a ceiling at Tesco-Lotus in Samkong yesterday (Jan 31).
Suggestion to separate U-turn projects for expediency knocked flat
Suggestion to separate U-turn projects for expediency knocked flat
PHUKET: A suggestion by the Phuket Real Estate Association (P-REA) to expedite the building of at least one of the U-turn flyovers on Thepkrasattri Rd to alleviate traffic jams on Phuket’s busiest road has been knocked flat by the realisation that the U-turn flyovers to be built at both sites must be treated as one project.
Royal Thai Navy dispatch ships to safely return storm-stranded tourists
Royal Thai Navy dispatch ships to safely return storm-stranded tourists
PHUKET: A Royal Thai Navy ship has been deployed to Phi Phi Island to bring some 500 tourists stranded there safely back to Phuket. Meanwhile, another Navy boat has already today (Jan 4) safely brought back to Phuket 60 tourists stranded on Koh Racha island, some 25 kilometres south of Phuket.
Chinese tourist on trial for killing wife in Phuket resort pool sole beneficiary to B142mn in life insurance
Chinese tourist on trial for killing wife in Phuket resort pool sole beneficiary to B142mn in life insurance
PHUKET: A Chinese tourist is in Phuket Provincial Prison awaiting conclusion of his trial for drowning his wife in a pool at a resort in Kamala, Phuket Tourist Police have confirmed.
Mid-flight health seizure forces emergency landing at Phuket airport
Mid-flight health seizure forces emergency landing at Phuket airport
PHUKET: An Ethihad Airways flight en route from Abu Dhabi to Jakarta was forced to make an “emergency landing” at Phuket International Airport yesterday (Dec 9) after a passenger suffered a health seizure on board.
Phuket disaster chief warns of fire hazards
Phuket disaster chief warns of fire hazards
PHUKET: Prapan Kanprasang, Chief of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Phuket office (DDPM-Phuket), has warned people to beware household fires after blazes broke out at two workers’ camps in Phuket this morning (Dec 6).
Phuket Navy base gets new Commander
Phuket Navy base gets new Commander
PHUKET: The Royal Thai Navy Third Area Command, based at Cape Panwa, on Phuket’s east coast, has received a new commander, Vice Admiral Sittiporn Maskasem.
Phuket light-rail budget jumps B594mn, to B40bn
Phuket light-rail budget jumps B594mn, to B40bn
PHUKET: The estimated budget required for building the Phuket Light Rail system has jumped by more than B500 million, according to announcement issued by the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP).
Tourist Police target rental operators over unlicensed tourists renting motorbikes
Tourist Police target rental operators over unlicensed tourists renting motorbikes
PHUKET: Tourist Police Division 3 Chief Maj Gen Angkoon Klaiklueng has revealed that his pushing for police and other local authorities to ramp up their campaign targeting vehicle rental operators for renting out motorbikes to tourists who do not have the appropriate licence.
National disaster chief orders Phuket officials to maintain tsunami-warning towers
National disaster chief orders Phuket officials to maintain tsunami-warning towers
PHUKET: The chief of the National Disaster Warning Centre (NDWC), Suppapimit Paorik, has ordered local officials to ensure that regular maintenance is carried out on all tsunami-warning towers and related systems.
MaAnn admits Surin wastewater failure, but now has resolution
MaAnn admits Surin wastewater failure, but now has resolution
PHUKET: The Chief of the Cherng Talay Tambon Administration Organisation (OrBorTor), MaAnn Samran, yesterday (Oct 5) admitted to the new Phuket Governor his failure in attempting to resolve the wastewater issue at Surin Beach.
Unidentified man drowns in Phuket pond
Unidentified man drowns in Phuket pond
PHUKET: An unidentified man, who police currently believe is a Myanmar national, drowned in a pond in Koh Kaew yesterday evening.
Patong Mayor holds emergency meeting over floods, landslides
Patong Mayor holds emergency meeting over floods, landslides
PHUKET: The Mayor of Patong today held an emergency meeting with relevant local government officials over yesterday’s flooding and landslides in Patong and Kamala.
Short circuit to blame for Indian restaurant fire, say Phuket Police
Short circuit to blame for Indian restaurant fire, say Phuket Police
PHUKET: It is believed that an electrical short circuit was to blame for a fire which broke out at an Indian restaurant in Patong this morning.
Phuket expat sets house on fire, attempts to climb wind turbine in suicide bid
Phuket expat sets house on fire, attempts to climb wind turbine in suicide bid
PHUKET: A foreign man is being held by authorities after he allegedly set his house on fire in Rawai this morning (Sept 27) then tried to climb the wind turbine near Phromthep Cape in an apparent bid to jump from the top of the structure.
Civil action to be taken against shot Phuket driver’s family
Civil action to be taken against shot Phuket driver’s family
PHUKET: Three motorcyclist injured by a man fleeing police in Phuket Town in a pickup truck last week are to take civil action against the man’s family.
Govt to splash B151mn to prevent Phuket road flooding
Govt to splash B151mn to prevent Phuket road flooding
PHUKET: The Department of Highways will spend B151 million on projects to prevent major Phuket roads from flash flooding during heavy downpours, the Phuket Governor announced today (Sept 18).
223 monkeys caught in Phuket mass-sterilisation Round 2, 162 sterilised so far
223 monkeys caught in Phuket mass-sterilisation Round 2, 162 sterilised so far
PHUKET: The Director of the Khao Phra Thaew Natural and Wildlife Education Centre, Pongchart Chouehorm, has confirmed that a total of 223 monkeys have caught at Toh Sai Hill for sterilisation in ‘Round 2’ of the wild monkey mass-sterilisation with 162 having already been sterilised.
129 Phuket monkeys caught for mass sterilisation Round 2
129 Phuket monkeys caught for mass sterilisation Round 2
PHUKET: It has been confirmed that 129 monkeys were caught at Toh Sai Hill yesterday (Sept 13) for sterilisation in ‘Round 2’ of the wild monkey mass-sterilisation.